What to buy? $80 to spend.

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Long story, but my library's all packed up right now, so this is from memory. As you can tell, my tastes run toward the traditional. I don't want to read something that's faddish, but I'm willing to read good modern stuff.

At the risk of being ex-communicated, I'll admit I've never read any of Skeeter's stuff. On the rare occasion I pick up G&A (a Viagra catalog disguised as a gun rag) Bart Skelton's column is one of the first I read. I don't know how much their stuff is alike.

I enjoy Taffin, but haven't taken the plunge on either of his books. I've thought about getting Ed Lovett's snubnose book. I've also thought about some of Fairbairn's stuff you see in the Paladin Press ads. As mentioned in the opening post, I've long wondered if Cooper on Handguns was worth the read or is miserably outdated.

Bottom line--Storytelling is good, but I'd rather have a reference book to learn something from.

Anybody have any favorites I'm missing?

Note: Apologies to my HS English teacher for failing to properly italicizing the title of book when referencing it.